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Epidemiological methods in life course research /

Contributor(s): Pickles, Andrew | Maughan, Barbara, 1946- | Wadsworth, Michael E. J. (Michael Edwin John).
Series: Lifecourse approach to adult health series.Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007Description: xiii, 258 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198528487 (alk. paper); 9780198528487:; 0198528485 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Epidemiology -- Longitudinal studies | Life cycle, Human -- Health aspects | Lifestyles -- Health aspects | Life change events -- Health aspectsDDC classification: 614.4
Contents:
Introduction : development and progression of life course ideas in epidemiology / Michael Wadsworth, Barbara Maughan, and Andrew Pickles -- Measurement and design for life course studies of individual differences and development / Jane Costello and Adrian Angold -- Measurement and design for life course studies of the social environment and its impact on health / Barbara Maughan and Michael Wadsworth -- Designs for large life course studies of genetic effects / Camilla Stoltenberg and Andrew Pickles -- Human development, life course, intervention and health / Clyde Hertzman -- The life course plot in life course analysis / Tim Cole -- Methods for handling missing data / Paul Clarke and Rebecca Hardy -- An overview of models and methods for life course analysis / Andrew Pickles and Bianca De Stavola -- An overview of methods for studying events and their timing / Andrew Pickles and Bianca De Stavola.
Summary: Life course epidemiology is concerned with how factors from the early development period, alongside genetic and environmental influences, can shape the future health of a person. This text explains the methods behind such research.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : development and progression of life course ideas in epidemiology / Michael Wadsworth, Barbara Maughan, and Andrew Pickles -- Measurement and design for life course studies of individual differences and development / Jane Costello and Adrian Angold -- Measurement and design for life course studies of the social environment and its impact on health / Barbara Maughan and Michael Wadsworth -- Designs for large life course studies of genetic effects / Camilla Stoltenberg and Andrew Pickles -- Human development, life course, intervention and health / Clyde Hertzman -- The life course plot in life course analysis / Tim Cole -- Methods for handling missing data / Paul Clarke and Rebecca Hardy -- An overview of models and methods for life course analysis / Andrew Pickles and Bianca De Stavola -- An overview of methods for studying events and their timing / Andrew Pickles and Bianca De Stavola.

Life course epidemiology is concerned with how factors from the early development period, alongside genetic and environmental influences, can shape the future health of a person. This text explains the methods behind such research.

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